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' TO: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MR. DICK BIRD CHAIRMAN FROM: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FARM BUREAU BOARD'^| DIRECTORS; JOB- TILLMAN, TOM FORTSON, WILL'MARKERv DAVID UNTER, LEX KROMHOUT, VERNON ALLISON, JANIE GRAVES, RANDY GEXTONv JR., SAM PRYORv JOEL KEEN, ED JONES, DUDLEY CLYATT, TOM HEARNDON ' DATE: JUNE 59 1987 RE: COUNTY FAIR ' ` ' Sir" ^ ' D6ar Mr, and'County Commissioners: ' Upon hearing the news of tentative plans for next ye rs Fair being run by an Amusement yompany, probably being called "A Festival" and having no commercial exhibits and anyonG want- ing to exhibit must rent their own tent 4-H or otherwise, we- don't edon't feel the turnout would be near as large as a bigger faii. We understand this past year did not do as well as expected. ' We feel several factors caused this. For one, the Fair being in March, or possibly April next years, is too-lat n the year. It is at the tail end of the fair season on the , Treasure Coast. People from this county, as well as other counties who attend ours as we do theirs, are "Faired out", tired of fairs and spending their money. We feel we should have a January or February fair every year and it shduld be a "County Fair", run by the county for the Fairgrounds to maintain and build up a real County Fairground we can all be proud of. � The Firemen have done a wonderful job of starting and build- ing up a fair that we can all take part in, thay are to be commended. But now an we are ready to put up buildi gs, we must have State approval to match funds and ideas an conti- nuing to make this a true Courty Fairgrounds. The Indian River County Farm Bureau has available at this time $75,000.00 to spend on.an Agricultural Exhibit bailding for All Agricultural interests of this county W Uld have a lot more, plus get matching funds from the natee,cony if we have a bonafide County Fair run by a Fair Board o0all interests in the County. But unless this is a State sanc" tioned County Fair, for the county and fairgrounds, the State will not take part in improving and helping us to mat our fairgrounds a real benefit to all Of us, especially the youth of our county. We cannot keep talking about helping the fairgrounds and the youth by putting up a building unless we are a real County Fairg approved by the State, and have County guidelines protecting our investment. , We urge you to take action on this now. ment to this project as it means a lot County. Thank youv � 'Lbts make a commit - to a lot of uspin this _ Will Barker Chairman Indian River County Farm Bureau Fair Building Committee 48 B�� ^��8� �� 8 BOOK